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When to change transmission fluid

Is color an indication of when to change transmission fluid? Fluid color and smell used to be the prime indicators of when to change transmission fluid. No anymore. In fact, car makers have issued service bulletins warning dealers not to rely on color or smell as indicators of when to change transmission fluid. Yet independent service repair shops and most quick oil change places just at the chance to show you your transmission fluid is brown and “must be changed right away.” What’s going on here? Transmission fluid color is … Read More